Matthew Parker
1 portrait by William Haines
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Matthew Parker
by Charles Picart, published by Lackington, Allen & Co, and published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, after William Haines, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1 September 1815
14 5/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (372 mm x 265 mm) plate size; 17 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. (446 mm x 293 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D39536
Sitterback to top
- Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Archbishop of Canterbury. Sitter associated with 34 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- William Haines (1778-1848), Engraver and painter. Artist or producer associated with 19 portraits.
- Lackington, Allen & Co (active 1815-1817), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 48 portraits.
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown (active 1815-1820), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 98 portraits.
- Charles Picart (circa 1780-circa 1837), Engraver, draughtsman and painter. Artist or producer associated with 119 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
Events of 1815back to top
Current affairs
John and James Leigh Hunt are released from prison after a two year sentence for slandering the Prince of Wales in their outspoken, radical periodical the Examiner.Corn Laws are introduced to protect against the collapse in prices which would inevitably follow peace with France, prompting riots in London.
Art and science
Humphry Davy invents the miners' safety lamp though its reception is clouded by William Clanny and George Stephenson who present rival models in the same year.British Institution arranges first in innovative series of Old Master exhibitions
provoking virulent attack on its patrons for neglecting contemporary art.
International
Napoleon returns to France from exile in Elba and resumes power until his abdication on 22 June; a period known as the 'Hundred Days'.Battle of Waterloo concludes the Anglo-French struggle that had lasted more than a century. Peace of Vienna establishes Britain's global political, economic and imperial dominance which lasts for the next hundred years.
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